title: Topical and oral antibiotics in wound care.
abstract: Treating clinically uninfected venous leg ulcers or superficial diabetic foot ulcers with systemic antimicrobial agents does not accelerate healing, even when pathogens grow from cultures of the wounds. Topical antibiotics do not prevent infections following routine dermatologic surgical procedures or minor wounds in an emergency department, but they are effective in reducing infections following minor trauma in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Jan V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hirschmann
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local